This Sunday, we read about the Parable of the Sower and about the "Good Ground," which is the most important part of this parable. How do we become the good ground? The epistle tells us exactly how. It tells us that we should walk according to a "rule," and this rule must be that we bear in our body the marks of the Lord Jesus because we are a new creature. Listen carefully. The apostle is telling us the only way that leads to life. It is a wonderful, difficult, and joyous way.